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Despite their differences, Doug Owen and Jo Baker are part of an increasingly rare breed themselves, the American family farmer...
...eyes of a nervous world, continuity is nearly an absolute virtue. But it is not a particularly American one. The razzle-dazzle of U.S. politics has a way of lifting from obscurity the most unlikely characters, usually by way of some provincial statehouse. A peanut farmer? A movie actor? The Governor of what? Where's that? No wonder that if there were a global electoral college, a sitting President would be virtually guaranteed re- election. Otherwise, the candidate with more foreign policy experience has the edge...
...subsidies that encourage production of oilseeds. In the U.S. view, these subsidies unfairly limit export sales of American soybeans. But France is trying to stall any such reductions until after parliamentary elections in March. President Francois Mitterrand's Socialists face defeat as it is, but the anger of farmers with reduced incomes might cost them even more votes and seats than expected. Reasoning: it's better for a successor center-right government to reduce subsidies further and face farmer fury...
MICHAEL P. BERRY--Friend to the friedpotato(e) farmer in Idaho and the free rangegristle chicken people in Peoria, thisonce-messianic director of dining services hasstarted serving us shit, He's due for a change ofcareer, and what better placement than a powerfulgovernment post. Let's get creativity like "Breadand Cheese Bar" and "Make Your Own Sundae" intothe upper levels of our federal government...
...American Cancer Society predicts that 80,000 people, including 28,000 children, will stop smoking because of the passage of Question One. The bill was supported by the Dana Farmer Cancer Institute, Group Against Smoking Pollution and many hospitals across the state. A similar tax in California reduced cigarette sales 17 percent...